On 4 August 2011 04:32, Dennis E. Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote: > That's one of the greatest *camp event pages I've seen.
:-)) We have a great team here in Oxford. We kicked them off three years ago. A local organisation underwrote all the initial costs which allowed a team to come together without worrying about money (but we still get sponsors and try not to spend the underwriters money, that way it's there for another year). We also had some great mentors on our first Barcamp. Each year since then team has grown and the amount of sponsorship has increased. The ASF now underwrites the costs (you wouldn't believe how difficult it was to get the ASF to do that - we're an extremely conservative bunch). The model we followed in Oxford is now being replicated wherever and whenever we can. If someone wants to run a BarcampApache (or other types of events) all you need to do is contact the Conference Committee. For some details of how it works see http://wiki.apache.org/concom-planning/ConComSupportedEvents > The extensive directions and great maps have me seriously regret I > won't be walking any of those streets in September. If you need justification coming to Oxford we also have a great conference the week before http://transfersummit.com - they are sister events. Ross
